TY - BOOK AU - Leiding,Darlene TI - Rebuilding schools for students: let the change begin SN - 978-1-4758-0150-7 PY - 2014/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Education KW - Educational change KW - United States KW - Charter schools N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Cont.: Like a phoenix rising from the ashes: our story continues -- Schools in crisis -- School reform: misplaced optimism -- What's up with teacher bashing? -- Parents: our missing link -- The US Department of Education: to be or not to be? -- Teachers' unions: the problem or the answer? -- Technology: will technology advance learning or prove a distraction? -- Charter schools: are some born to fail? -- Finding common ground: voters want to hear more about education -- From failure to success: an offer we can't refuse -- Rebuilding American education by taking risks and achieving results ER -